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"Uh... I'm saying, Lagaray has already left Flashgold Town, she went back to Frostwind Prairie," Rein repeated.

Suddenly, the atmosphere at the dining table became tense, and mother Emma said in a low voice:

"Rein, you didn't do something to offend her, did you?" Continue your adventure with empire

Rein's heart skipped a beat at her words.

"Otherwise, why would she leave without even saying goodbye to us? Whenever Lagaray saw me, she would always greet me with a smile and call me Aunt Emma."

Mother Emma thought for a moment, then cast a suspicious look at Rein and added.

This left Rein momentarily unsure of how to explain, but he definitely couldn't admit to anything.

"How could that be... Maybe Lagaray didn't want a goodbye that was too heartfelt..."

Before Rein could finish speaking, Anna looked at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

Suddenly, Rein felt an inexplicable sense of guilt rise within him.

"Then why did Lagaray only say farewell to you? Wouldn't saying goodbye to you make her emotional too?" Anna said softly.

The gazes of the entire family were once again focused on Rein!

In that instant, Rein felt as though he had no defense.

.....

After quickly finishing breakfast, Rein went upstairs to the storeroom on the second floor.

According to the arrangement with Jenny, he expected a carriage from the Crowley family to come and pick him up a bit later.

Before that, Rein could take the opportunity to try and see how many Will runes he could visualize at once.

Thanks to the battle in Nightingale Forest yesterday, Rein gained another 3 Spirit Attribute points, reaching a total of 23 points. Hence, compared to the previous 20 points of spiritual power, his progress was significant.

Rein clearly remembered that when his Spirit Attribute had first reached 20 points after he changed his class to Beast Tamer, he could visualize sixteen Will runes at once and entered the commonly acknowledged level of a 'second-tier Wizard Apprentice.'

Therefore, Rein knew very well that even with 23 points of Spirit, it was highly unlikely he could visualize all twenty-four basic Will runes of meditation and reach the level of a 'third-tier Wizard Apprentice.'

However... when a person sees they are getting closer to their goal, or in other words, the distance to their objective is shrinking, their motivation to work hard becomes very strong!

One minute later...

Rein opened his eyes with joy.

This time, he had successfully visualized twenty Will runes, getting ever closer to the final goal of twenty-four.

Don't forget, Rein still had three free attribute points.

However, after pondering for a while, Rein chose not to continue investing points in the Spirit Attribute right away.

After all, the effect of 'adding points to recover' could be a killer move if used well in battle.

This was fully re-verified in the battle with the Bloodflesh Treant!

So, it was a better choice to wait and add points during the next battle.

As the carriage hadn't arrived yet, Rein decided to test the changes in the strength of his witchcraft following the increase in his spiritual power.

Since he had charred the wooden table last time, Rein had specially brought back a fire-resistant clay mold from the blacksmith's shop a few days ago. The mold was a dark gray color and shaped like a large beaker.

Rein placed a small piece of leftover Hardened Essence Gold inside the clay mold, and then he began to cast the witchcraft 'Scorching Touch.'

As the deep incantation echoed, the Hardened Essence Gold piece in front of Rein's palm began to heat up rapidly. After a few seconds, it started to redden and emit smoke.

With Rein's continuous guidance and the output of spiritual power, the Hardened Essence Gold turned completely into liquid in about ten seconds!

Seeing this, Rein couldn't help but smile.

Previously, after about ten seconds of casting 'Scorching Touch' and sustaining it, the highest temperature he could reach was around 1400 to 1500 degrees Celsius.

Now, that temperature limit must have reached around 2000 degrees Celsius.

That's because the melting point of Hardened Essence Gold is around 2000 degrees.

Rein remembered that when he last smelted Hardened Essence Gold at the blacksmith's forge, he had to use the forge in combination with 'Scorching Touch' to successfully melt it.

But now, 'Scorching Touch' alone was sufficient.

This enhancement in witchcraft power was evident and, as his spiritual power grew, his abilities increased accordingly!

However, Rein also acutely sensed that the comparative increase in power was not linear as the spiritual power increased.

To put it simply, at first, if the spiritual power increased by one point, the ultimate temperature of 'Scorching Touch' might increase by one hundred degrees. But over time, that increase dropped to eighty degrees, or even seventy degrees, for each additional point of spiritual power.

Though the decrease in this rate of growth was slow, it was definitely occurring.

With a slight frown, Rein pondered this for a while and surmised that it might be due to some aspect of the witchcraft model itself.

From this perspective, it meant that in the future, he would need to search for higher-level witchcraft to learn.

To be precise, choosing to learn witchcraft that suited his current level of strength was the optimal choice.

But soon, Rein touched his nose and laughed at himself, with a self-deprecating smile.